August 2011 Archives
The CSPAN Communicators show has started a four-part series on U.S. cybersecurity. In the first installment broadcast on August 6th, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt discusses the Obama Administration's effort to reduce cyber threats and to protect the U.S. against cyber attacks. This includes the Administration's legislative proposal and plans to protect U.S. infrastructure such as the electric grid, transportation systems, and Wall Street, as well as U.S. military defenses and businesses from cyber attacks. GO THERE
Vanity Fair Magazine has a good article on cyber attack ... starting with the "RSA breach" to "Shady Rat"... READ MORE
RELATED: SC Magazine - Kaspersky says McAfee report is all bark and no bite, READ MORE
RELATED: SC Magazine - McAfee fires back at Shady RAT criticism, READ MORE
RELATED: SC Magazine - Kaspersky says McAfee report is all bark and no bite, READ MORE
RELATED: SC Magazine - McAfee fires back at Shady RAT criticism, READ MORE
Retired Gen. Michael Hayden, recently called the hazard of hacked hardware "the problem from hell"... as the the former CIA and NSA he should know since he was probably heading U.S. programs to do this to our adversaries.
The DoD has been worried about foreign adversaries tampering with its hardware for a while now. In 2005, a Defense Science Board report warned that foreign adversaries could slip back doors into chips destined for installation in important military gear. The hacked circuits, the report said, could be tweaked to malfunction early or provide a de facto kill switch to a weapon system. READ MORE...
Defense Science Board report (.pdf)
RELATED: Navy Super Computer lab's Chinese-made parts raise spy concerns - READ MORE
The DoD has been worried about foreign adversaries tampering with its hardware for a while now. In 2005, a Defense Science Board report warned that foreign adversaries could slip back doors into chips destined for installation in important military gear. The hacked circuits, the report said, could be tweaked to malfunction early or provide a de facto kill switch to a weapon system. READ MORE...
Defense Science Board report (.pdf)
RELATED: Navy Super Computer lab's Chinese-made parts raise spy concerns - READ MORE
When
Thursday / August 18th
Registration and networking starts at 08:15 ... the meeting starts at 09:00AM and adjourns at noon ...
Where
Hosted by NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA
What
Your data on the go...
MORE INFO...
Thursday / August 18th
Registration and networking starts at 08:15 ... the meeting starts at 09:00AM and adjourns at noon ...
Where
Hosted by NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA
What
Your data on the go...
MORE INFO...
The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division invite you to join us for the next session in the National Webcast Initiative Series:
Bring Your Own Device: Addressing the Security Challenges of Employee-Owned Devices in the Workplace
Thursday, August 25, 2011 / 2:00pm - 3:00pm (Eastern)
Bring Your Own Device: Addressing the Security Challenges of Employee-Owned Devices in the Workplace
Thursday, August 25, 2011 / 2:00pm - 3:00pm (Eastern)
A lot of folks think that USB drives should just be banned from the workplace all together...READ MORE
The FBI has just launched their Child ID app--the first mobile
application created by the FBI--provides a convenient place to
electronically store photos and vital information about your children so
that it's literally right at hand if you need it. You can show the
pictures and provide physical identifiers such as height and weight to
security or police officers on the spot. Using a special tab on the app,
you can also quickly and easily e-mail the information to authorities
with a few clicks. MORE INFO...
Jefferey Carr writes in The Diplomat about "Why the US will Lose a Cyber War". In his article Carr expresses concerns about how military thinkers continue to view of cyberspace as just a 5th domain and not addressing how cyber interrelates.
ARTICLE: "Why the US will Lose a Cyber War"
RELATED: Spring 2011 edition of Strategic Studies Quarterly - "Rise of a Cybered Westphalian Age"
ARTICLE: "Why the US will Lose a Cyber War"
RELATED: Spring 2011 edition of Strategic Studies Quarterly - "Rise of a Cybered Westphalian Age"
The Internet Crime Complaint Center's (IC3) Monthly Trend Analysis and Threat Briefing is now included in the "Recent Intelligence" section on the secure InfraGard site. This report is a good source of current cyber security issues that are out there in the "wild".
The security company McAfee is reporting on the details of a highly organized, sustained campaign of computerized attacks against businesses and governments across 14 countries ... Operation Shady Rat
READ MORE...
McAfee - Operation Shady Rat Revealed...
McAfee Report...
RELATED:
With the lack of evidence and specific data, Alex Gostev, Chief Security Expert, Kaspersky Lab, calls McAfee's report about this being the biggest cyber attack in history premature and based only on assumptions. READ MORE
Symantec Statement - The Truth Behind the Shady RAT - READ MORE
READ MORE...
McAfee - Operation Shady Rat Revealed...
McAfee Report...
RELATED:
With the lack of evidence and specific data, Alex Gostev, Chief Security Expert, Kaspersky Lab, calls McAfee's report about this being the biggest cyber attack in history premature and based only on assumptions. READ MORE
Symantec Statement - The Truth Behind the Shady RAT - READ MORE
